Buckle and snap-hook combined



(No Model.)

- T. B. STONE & C. 0. SMITH.

BUCKLE AND SNAP HOOK COMBINED.

No. 490,047. Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

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THOMAS E. STONE AND CLARENCE 0. SMITH, OF CAMPTOW'N, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE AND SNAP-HOOK COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,047, dated January17, 1893.

Application filed \T 11112 21 1892. Serial No. 437,484 (No model.)

To Ml whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS E. STONE and CLARENCE 0. SMITH, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Camptown, in the county of Bradford,State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Harness Attachmentaof which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in harnessattachments, embodying a combined snap and buckle or catch, and it hasfor its object to provide an improved device of this character whichshall be simple and cheap and which will hold the end of the strap insuch a way that it will not gall or injure the animal. The portion ofthe body of the device that lies between the snap and the buckle orcatchis recessed upon its under side to provide for the reception of theend of the strap, so that the end will be confined within the area ofthe said portion. This body portion has, upon its upper face, a lug orcar which is designed to bear upon the upper face of the strap near theend and keep the same within the said recess and prevent its raising upsufficiently to prevent its disengagement.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device with astrap held therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof with a portion broken away and part in section.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates themain portion of the device which terminates at one end in a little morethan semi circular portion a which, at its end upon the inner face isformed with a recess a for the reception of the end of the spring tongueB which is secured at its other end in any suit-able manner to the bodyportion as seen in Fig. l, and the free end of this tongue is designedto fit in the recess in the hook portion and form a continuous smoothsurface upon the inner face of the hook to prevent the accidentalcatching of the strap against the end of the tongue and opening the sameand allowing the strap to pass out. The body portion is formed with across bar I) which carries a pin 1) to engage a hole in the strap 0 andupon each side of this cross bar is a loop through which the strappasses. The under side of the body portion between the cross bar and theend of the tongue is recessed upon inclined or curved lines as seen inFig. 2 into which the end of the strap is designed to rest as seen inFig. 2 so that the end will not project/below the lower face of the mainportion to gall the horse. The contour of the main portion of the devicemay vary; it may be of the shape shown in full lines in Fig. 1, or thatin dotted lines.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 we have shown the body portion asformed upon its upper face with a lug e which extends nearly to thecentral cross bar and which is designed to bear upon the upper face ofthe strap and hold the end down in its recess as will be understood fromFigs. 1 and 2.

The novelty in the present invention resides in forming the main or bodyportion of the device with a longitudinally curved transverse doubleloop with the cross bar depressed or on a line somewhat below the upperface of the curved plane of said main part whereby the strap is thrownout of a horizontal plane and has a bearing upon the under side of theend cross bar of the one loop and in a higher plane upon the under sideof the lug e as will be readily understood from Fig. 2 and the recessformed beneath said lug and the adjacent portion permits-of upwardmovement of that end of the strap when strain is placed upon the device.

That is claimed as new is;

As an improved article of manufacture the herein described combined snaphook and buckle the same consisting of the main portion terminating atone end in a hook and at the other end inan elongated downwardlycurvedtransverse double loop with integral I and adapted to co-operate withthe latter, sub- 10 central depressed cross bar with pin and withstantially as specified.

an integral lug e projecting horizontally above In testimony whereot' weaffix our signatures the curved plane of the loop and from the 0011- inpresence of two Witnesses.

tral part of the said main portion toward and THOMAS B. STONE. nearly tosaid cross bar said lug being re- CLARENCE 0. SMITH. cessed upon itsunder face to receive the end WVituesses:

of the strap, and a spring tongue secured to H. F. SMITH,

the main portion between said lug and hook P. A. SMITH.

